DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,512

GILDAN GARMENTS INC.
AN INDIRECT SUBSIDIARY OF GILDAN ACTIVEWEAR INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
HW STAFFING SOLUTIONS AND MONROE STAFFING
NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the
workers in such workers' firm have become totally or
partially separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated;
(2)(B)(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers'
firm to a foreign country in the production of
articles or supply of services like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by the
workers' firm; OR
(II) there has been an acquisition from a
foreign country by the workers' firm of
articles/services that are like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by
the workers' firm; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on February 2, 2018 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Gildan Garments Inc., an indirect subsidiary of
Gildan Activewear Inc., including on-site leased workers from
HW Staffing Solutions and Monroe Staffing, New Bedford,
Massachusetts ("Gildan Garments"). The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of dyed garment
products.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in such workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to
become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has shifted to a foreign country the production of an
article like or directly competitive with the article produced
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Gildan Garments.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Gildan Garments Inc.,
an indirect subsidiary of Gildan Activewear Inc., including
on-site leased workers from HW Staffing Solutions and Monroe
Staffing, New Bedford, Massachusetts, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of dyed garment products
meet the worker group certification criteria under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with
Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of Gildan Garments Inc., an indirect
subsidiary of Gildan Activewear Inc., including on-site
leased workers from HW Staffing Solutions and Monroe
Staffing, New Bedford, Massachusetts, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after February
2, 2017 through two years from the date of certification,
and all workers in the group threatened with total or
partial separation from employment on the date of
certification through two years from the date of
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 8th day of March 2018.

/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance